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Once upon a time...

You enjoyed fairy tales and fables when you were young. You can still enjoy them in these unique adaptations to some of our most classic stories.

Beauty and the Beast
Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

Cinderella
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Hansel and Gretel
The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli

Jack and the Beanstalk
Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli

Rapunzel
The Tower Room by Adele Geras
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

Robin Hood
Forbidden forest : the story of Little John and Robin Hood by Michael Cadnum.
The Forestwife by Theresa Tomlinson
In a Dark Wood by Michael Cadnum

Rumpelstiltskin
Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli

Sleeping Beauty
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Watching the Roses by Adele Geras
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Snow White
Pictures of the Night by Adele Geras

Collected fairy tales, fables and other classics told with a twist
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales... by Jack Zipes
Grendel by John Gardner
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time by James Finn Garner
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block
Truly Grimm Tales by Priscilla Galloway